Not the Greatest Showman
The Greatest Showman wasn’t exactly the greatest show. Inherent problems with the character of PT Barnum aside, the musical was weak and the story overstuffed. Plenty of critiques exist already on the...
View ArticleRed Sparrow
Zzzzzzz. What? Is it over? Thanks God. Even with a great cast, Red Sparrow is a blindingly boring spy story with an overbaked running time. The tragically bland spy drama Red Sparrow has a lot of...
View ArticleCall Me by Your Name
Everyone loves Call Me by Your Name, except for me and critic Tasha Robinson. It’s not a bad movie, it just wasn’t a ‘great’ film. Film critic Tasha Robinson on Letterbox’d, writing about Call Me by...
View Article#604STACKS – The Ready Player One Experience (Vancouver)
The Feedback Society takes you inside the Ready Player One experience in Vancouver, promoting, you guessed it – Spielberg’s film adaptation of Ready Player One. This past weekend Warner Bros. Pictures...
View ArticleMute Witness
Tom works out some haunting demons from his childhood by tracking down and watching the movie Mute Witness, a surprisingly decent thriller from the 90s. Everyone remembers watershed moments during...
View ArticleStar Wars: The Last Jedi Blu Ray Release
No matter your feelings on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the blu ray release of the movie harkens back to time where features meant something. My review of The Last Jedi stands, however, after my third...
View ArticleYou Were Never Really Here
You Were Never Really Here is a stunning work from Lynne Ramsay, starring Joaquin Phoenix at his best, with an amazing score by Jonny Greenwood. From the opening seconds, You Were Never Really Here...
View ArticleRampage
Not even the electric charisma of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson can save Rampage, the latest bit of mediocrity in the realm of video game adaptations. A mindless VFX-heavy blockbuster based on a video game...
View ArticleMartyrs (2008)
A horror film review, wherein Brando gets really mad about the 2008 movie, Martyrs, from the New French Extremity Movement. Ah, the cinema of trangression. Editor’s Note: Caution! Here there be...
View ArticleMolly’s Game
Aaron Sorkin sits down in the director’s chair for Molly’s Game, the story of a former Olympic hopeful who built a massive underground poker ring. If you watch TV or movies, you’ve likely seen...
View ArticleAvengers: Infinity War
If you hate these movies, then you’ll really hate this one, but Avengers: Infinity War is a surprisingly enjoyable movie that isn’t a bloated mess. Most Marvel movies riff on specific genres to give...
View ArticleDeadpool 2
Ryan Reynolds’ take on the Merc with the Mouth is back, and somehow, manages to defy expectations and be a better movie than the original. Two years and approximately 89 superhero movies later, the...
View ArticleSolo: A Star Wars Story
The Adventures of Young Han Solo: A Star Wars Story…er…Solo: A Star Wars Story hits the big screen and it’s probably better than you’d hoped. It felt to some like we’d already reached peak Star Wars...
View ArticleFirst Reformed
Writer and Director Paul Schrader’s latest film, First Reformed, courts controvery, as per usual, but this time, it does it in a quietly intelligent fashion. Films about religion are often as...
View ArticleThoroughbreds
Thoroughbreds is much more than the teen romp it may appear to be on the surface. It’s funny, satirical, thrilling, and dream-like in different moments. An element of darkness exists inside all of us;...
View ArticleHereditary
Hype can hurt a movie, and Hereditary had a blast of huge, steaming hot hype. Thankfully, the film mostly avoids being destroyed by that hype. Editor’s Note: We usually prefer spoiler free reviews,...
View ArticleTake Star Wars Off Its Holy Pedestal
After Solo’s poor showing and the online abuse of Kelly Marie Tran, we’ve been thinking that we need to take Star Wars off its pedestal. Check out this Feedback Society vlog about no longer treating...
View ArticleDisobedience
Disobediance, from Sebastián Lelio, is a garish melodrama that has compelling moments; perhaps those less jaded by romance films will get more out of it. Disobedience is just merely OK in just about...
View ArticleJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
It may not win everyone over, and we can’t say it’s not without flaws, but pound for pound, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom evolves the franchise. Science has run amok once again and genetically...
View ArticleThe Incredibles 2
Does The Incredibles 2 have a responsibility to shoot for something brighter than the first film to satisfy the older fans that have now grown? It’s truly a testament to the progress that animation has...
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